"Cup a Year" Team

[hfboardsuser]

What's the best team you can make using a player from each Cup winner from 1927 to today?

I sort of wanted to keep it realistic in an ATD sense, so here's mine:

Head Coach: Jack Adams
Assistant Coach: Bob Hartley

Bill Barber-Bryan Trottier-Larry Aurie
Bob Gainey-Henri Richard-Lanny McDonald
Paul Thompson-Mickey MacKay-Frank Finnigan
Tomas Holmstrom-Ray Getliffe-Tod Sloan

Herb Cain, Cory Stillman, Mike Keane

Red Kelly-Kevin Lowe
Scott Niedermayer-Butch Bouchard
Sylvio Mantha-Ott Heller
Wally Stanowski

Gerry Cheevers
Marc-Andre Fleury

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[Grimshaw]

Wouldn't that result in a team with 82 players?

 

[hfboardsuser]

No. Remember, players have won multiple Cups

You're correct in that the total should add up to 82:

1927	Ottawa	Frank Finnigan
1928	NYR	        Paul Thompson
1929	Boston	Mickey MacKay
1930	Montreal	Sylvio Mantha
1931	Montreal	Sylvio Mantha
1932	Toronto	Frank Finnigan
1933	NYR           Ott Heller
1934	Chicago	Paul Thompson
1935	Maroons	Herb Cain
1936	Detroit	Larry Aurie
1937	Detroit	Larry Aurie
1938	Chicago	Paul Thompson
1939	Boston	Ray Getliffe
1940	NYR	        Ott Heller
1941	Boston	Herb Cain
1942	Toronto	Wally Stanowski
1943	Detroit	Jack Adams, Coach
1944	Montreal	Ray Getliffe
1945	Toronto	Wally Stanowski
1946	Montreal	Emile Bouchard
1947	Toronto	Wally Stanowski
1948	Toronto	Wally Stanowski
1949	Toronto	Tod Sloan
1950	Detroit	Red Kelly
1951	Toronto	Tod Sloan
1952	Detroit	Red Kelly
1953	Montreal	Emile Bouchard
1954	Detroit	Red Kelly
1955	Detroit	Red Kelly
1956	Montreal	Henri Richard
1957	Montreal	Henri Richard
1958	Montreal	Henri Richard
1959	Montreal	Henri Richard
1960	Montreal	Henri Richard
1961	Chicago	Tod Sloan
1962	Toronto	Red Kelly
1963	Toronto	Red Kelly
1964	Toronto	Red Kelly
1965	Montreal	Henri Richard
1966	Montreal	Henri Richard
1967	Toronto	Red Kelly
1968	Montreal	Henri Richard
1969	Montreal	Henri Richard
1970	Boston	Gerry Cheevers
1971	Montreal	Henri Richard
1972	Boston	Gerry Cheevers
1973	Montreal	Henri Richard
1974	Flyers        Bill Barber
1975	Flyers        Bill Barber
1976	Montreal	Bob Gainey
1977	Montreal	Bob Gainey
1978	Montreal	Bob Gainey
1979	Montreal 	Bob Gainey
1980	NYI    	Bryan Trottier
1981	NYI           Bryan Trottier
1982	NYI           Bryan Trottier
1983	NYI           Bryan Trottier
1984	Edmonton	Kevin Lowe
1985	Edmonton	Kevin Lowe
1986	Montreal	Bob Gainey
1987	Edmonton	Kevin Lowe
1988	Edmonton	Kevin Lowe
1989	Calgary	Lanny McDonald
1990	Edmonton	Kevin Lowe
1991	Pittsburgh	Bryan Trottier
1992	Pittsburgh	Bryan Trottier
1993	Montreal	Mike Keane
1994	NYR          Kevin Lowe
1995	NJD           Scott Niedermayer
1996	Colorado	Mike Keane
1997	Detroit	Tomas Holmstrom
1998	Detroit	Tomas Holmstrom
1999	Dallas        Mike Keane
2000	NJD           Scott Niedermayer
2001	Colorado	Bob Hartley, Coach
2002	Detroit	Tomas Holmstrom
2003	NJD         	Scott Niedermayer
2004	TB             Cory Stillman
2005	None	        XXXX
2006	Carolina	Cory Stillman
2007	Anaheim	Scott Niedermayer
2008	Detroit	Tomas Holmstrom
2009	Pittsburgh	Marc-Andre Fleury
2010

 

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1961 Chicago Emile Bouchard
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Bouchard never played for Chicago.

 

[Peter9]

1961 Chicago Emile Bouchard
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Bouchard never played for Chicago.

Yes, Bouchard played his entire career with the Canadiens and retired after the 1955-56 season. I saw him play that season and it was time to retire, as good as he had been in earlier years. There is no other overlap between the players listed and Chicago's 1961 Stanley Cup winning team.

 

[hfboardsuser]

Thanks, don't know how I missed that.

Easy enough fix, though- take out Don Metz and Al Rollins for Wally Stanowski and Tod Sloan, and get rid of Bylsma for Marc-Andre Fleury.

 

[tony d]

Hull (1961)-Gretzky (1987)- Howe (1955)
Mahovlich (1967)-Lemieux (1991)- Richard (1958)
Robitaille (2002)-Esposito (1972)- Jagr (1992)
Barber (1975)-Beliveau (1957)- Bossy (1984)

Orr (1970)- Potvin (1982)
Robinson (1977)- Bourque (2001)
Leetch (1994)- Niedermayer (2003)

Roy (1993)
Brodeur (1995)